From correspondents in West Bengal, India, 04:30 PM IST

The Indian Premier League (IPL) Friday penalised the Bangalore Royal Challengers and Kolkata Knight Riders for not completing their overs in the stipulated time in the rain-curtailed match at the Eden Gardens Thursday.

Match referee Farokh Engineer fined Royal Challengers $1000 for falling short by two overs while Knight Riders were fined $500 for one over short.

Knight Riders won the match by five runs and for the Challengers it was their fifth defeat.

(Staff Writer, © IANS)